“It should go without saying that the health of amateur athletes who compete for colleges and universities is far more important than winning or losing. Yet all too often schools act as if the reverse is true.” https://t.co/gXxTNdvqJo

Blood biomarker shows high school football brain damage "S100B increase was correlated with subconcussive head impact exposure, suggesting that acute astrocyte damage may be induced in an impact-dependent manner."https://t.co/jYsxsjWTd4

When will the NFL stop promoting children's tackle football? The NFL is encouraging kids to give themselves brain damage and disease in order to make a few new fans to sell its shirts and hats to, like the tobacco industy selling candy cigarettes and Joe Camel to future smokers. https://t.co/aFJyEZfwyt

It's not just numbers, but also ethics & values. "What is the goal of youth sports? Is your child playing youth sports because you want them to one day make an Olympic team? Or are they playing sports so they can have fun and physical activity, and be part of a community?" https://t.co/B1AmxKmWCM

Troubling news out of a Stanford-led longitudinal study of college football player brains. The hippocampus, which plays an important role in memory, was not only smaller in FB players vs. controls at baseline, it was even smaller at the 5-year follow up. https://t.co/d4TUIeLf9n

2017 "If I knew back then what I know now,’’ Jackson tells USA TODAY, “I would have never played football. Never. I wish I had known about all of those head injuries, but no one knew that. And the people that did know that, they wouldn’t tell anybody." https://t.co/F6qpWDOZl7

35 high school players have been killed by hits during games in this "Safer Than Ever" decade.That's only 2 fewer traumatic deaths than in the years 1999-2008.The last year without a high school football death by direct contact was 1994.(NCCSIR)RIP Carlos https://t.co/XEPw2MiWYy

Simply put: if people think that reporting a concussion will make their life worse, they don’t want to do it. While seemingly fairly simple, it’s important to understand the “why” of concussion reporting better, if we want to develop better interventions.

“Austin Box was a star high school athlete in Enid, Okla., where he suffered the 1st of a string of football injuries...He received a prescription for 1 opioid painkiller, w/no refills...Gail Box believes that’s all it took for her son to become addicted” https://t.co/USw5guNt4b